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October 13, 1997 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 Penn State (51) Big Ten 5-0 1724 W 31-27 H #7 Ohio State
2 < 3 Nebraska (14) Big 12 5-0 1668  
3 < 4 Florida State (3) ACC 5-0 1603  
4 < 5 North Carolina (2) ACC 6-0 1521  
5 < 6 Michigan Big Ten 5-0 1490  
6 < 8 Auburn SEC 6-0 1366  
7 < 1 Florida SEC 5-1 1280 L 28-21 A #14 LSU
8 < 14 LSU SEC 5-1 1199  
9 < 9 Tennessee SEC 4-1 1126  
10 < 10 Washington Pac-10 4-1 1121  
11 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 5-1 1113  
12 < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 5-0 1058  
13 < 12 Washington State Pac-10 5-0 958 DNP
14 < 15 Texas A&M Big 12 5-0 827  
15 < 17 Iowa Big Ten 4-1 703  
16 < 20 Oklahoma State Big 12 6-0 665 W 33-29 H Colorado
17 < 18 UCLA Pac-10 4-2 637  
18 < 19 Air Force WAC 7-0 516  
19 < 13 Georgia SEC 4-1 446  
20 < 22 Kansas State Big 12 4-1 388  
21 < 25 Georgia Tech ACC 4-1 281  
22 < 23 Virginia Tech Big East 5-1 274  
23 < NR West Virginia Big East 5-1 182  
24 < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 6-1 134  
25 < 16 Stanford Pac-10 4-2 119  
NR < 21 BYU WAC 0  
NR < 24 Colorado Big 12 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 6 11.3 6222
SEC 5 9.8 5417
Big 12 4 13.0 3548
Pac-10 4 16.3 2835
ACC 3 9.3 3405
Big East 2 22.5 456
WAC 1 18.0 516

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.